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Rödl Advised WINTERSTEIGER Group on its Acquisition of Union Grove Saw & Knife, Inc.
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Atlanta, Georgia, February 4, 2025: Rödl advised the WINTERSTEIGER Group (Wintersteiger) on its acquisition of Union Grove Saw & Knife (UGSK), a regional tooling company providing saws, blades and knives in Southeast USA. UGSK sells and repairs blades and other tools for various industries, including woodworking, metalworking, paper and plastics.
Rödl’s U.S. Transaction Services team, led by Partner Frank Breitenfeldt, served as the exclusive financial advisor to Wintersteiger. The team provided critical support in buy-side financial and tax due diligence and inputs to the acquirer’s legal advisors.
The acquisition aims to strengthen Wintersteiger’s position in the U.S. market, specifically in the woodworking and metalworking industries, while broadening its existing customer base.
About WINTERSTEIGER Group
Founded in 1953 in Austria, the WINTERSTEIGER Group is a global company active in the sports (rent, retail & maintenance services), seedmech (plant breeding & research), woodtech (sawblades, automation & plants) and metals sectors as a tool and machinery provider. With sales in more than 130 countries, the company employs over 1,200 employees worldwide and generates an annual turnover of approximately 250 million euros.
Advisors to WINTERSTEIGER Group
Rödl & Partner USA
Financial
- Frank Breitenfeldt, Partner, Atlanta – Project Lead
- Olivier Toubon, Associate Partner, Atlanta
- Amaury Lepetit, Associate, Atlanta
- Theresa Schieck, Associate, Atlanta
Tax
- Dennis Wieckert, Atlanta